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Malta 1981 general election

What was the result of the 1981 general election in Malta?

Labour Party won 34 of 65 seats with 49.1% of the vote. 94.6% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Malta
  • Held:
  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Labour Party won 34 of 65 seats with 49.1% of the vote; 94.6% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 0.3 points on 1976.

  • Nationalist Party 31 0 seats 50.9% +2.5 points
  • Labour Party 34 0 seats 49.1% −2.5 points
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Malta 1976 general election, party by party.

33 of 65 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 49.1%

    Share of the vote won by Labour Party

    Labour Party won 34 of 65 seats. A majority needs 33.

  2. +2.5 points

    Share of the vote gained by Nationalist Party

    The largest gain in votes compared with 1976. Labour Party lost 2.5 points.

  3. 94.6%

    Voter turnout

    Down 0.3 points on 1976.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Nationalist Party31050.9+2.5114,132
Labour Party34049.1−2.5109,990
Independents000.00.029

± is the change against the Malta 1976 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Nationalist Party 114,132
  • Labour Party 109,990
  • Independents 29

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

How many people voted?

94.6% of the 238,237 registered voters cast a ballot (225,466 ballots), down 0.3 points on 1976. 224,151 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Labour Party49.1% of votes52.3% of seats
  • Nationalist Party50.9% of votes47.7% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.2 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.0 by votes and 2.0 by seats; Nationalist Party led Labour Party by 1.9 points of the vote.

Time and source Data as of